Mitchell Lake, once a sewage facility on San Antonio’s South Side, has evolved into a thriving 1,200-acre wildlife refuge that serves as a crucial stopover for migrating birds and a natural oasis for local residents.

KSAT Investigates received the indictment paperwork of nine suspects, including a former candidate for the Texas House and two former mayors, in connection with a massive state-led election investigation on Thursday afternoon.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed three anti-DEI bills and another targeting transgender rights.

The man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 pleaded guilty, capping a mystifying murder case that's long captured the nation's attention.

The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.”.

A former candidate for San Antonio mayor and former Bexar County Democratic Chair, a former candidate for the Texas House and former Pearsall council members are among the seven suspects who turned themselves in to the Frio County jail on Wednesday in connection with a massive state-led election investigation, KSAT Investigates confirmed.

A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing student records and causing widespread disruptions.

The NCAA’s House settlement era has launched, with athletic programs across the country free to start paying millions to their athletes in the biggest change in the history of college athletics.

The University of Pennsylvania has changed three school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.

The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more.

The Stomp and Shake cheerleading team at St. Philip’s College is an innovative spirit squad comprising both high school and college students.

San Antonio ISD says behind-the-scenes work on repurposing the 13 closed school campuses has been ongoing. But this fall, the repurposing process will kick into gear.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

The Trump administration has intensified its battle with Harvard University.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

Thousands of protesters in Serbia have rallied against President Aleksandar Vucic, demanding early parliamentary elections.

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks.

The president of the University of Virginia has announced he is resigning amid heavy pressure from conservative critics and the Trump administration over the school's diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback when the Senate parliamentarian said the proposal would run afoul of procedural rules.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued decisions on the final six cases that were left on its docket for the summer, including emergency appeals relating to President Donald Trump's agenda.

The Comal Independent School District board of trustees approved pay increases for all teachers and staff members on Thursday, according to a news release.

School districts around the country are cutting back plans to expand their staffing of mental health specialists because of Trump administration cuts to federal grants.

The Supreme Court is meeting Friday to decide the final six cases of its term, including President Donald Trump’s bid to enforce his executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally.

Professors and students at the University of Alabama say that a new an anti-diversity, equity and inclusion law has already caused significant harm on campus less than a year after going into effect.

Philadelphia’s public schools are facing federal criminal allegations of failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos.

A federal judge is blocking Georgia's law requiring age verification for social media accounts.

The NCAA is considering a proposal to allow athletes and staff to bet on professional sports while maintaining strict bans on college sports betting.

College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: School assurances that they will provide funding for their increasingly imperiled Olympic programs, by far the biggest pipeline of talent for Team USA.

The Supreme Court is in the final days of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.

A new poll finds few Americans support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools.

Four months since the Texas Education Agency stepped in to replace the school board members and superintendent at South San Antonio ISD, the former superintendent will be released from his contract.

The Judson Independent School District’s board of trustees approved the budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year on Thursday, which included eliminating district positions and incentives.

Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade.

The City of San Antonio’s Transportation Department is seeking approval this week for a grant application that, if approved, could lead to the implementation of a Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program at area schools.

Ohio plans a swift appeal of a decision declaring the state's private school voucher system unconstitutional.

The Trump administration has found that the California Department of Education and the state’s high school sports federation violated civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has handed a victory to the Republican-controlled Legislature in a power struggle with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Across the country, artificial intelligence tools are changing the teaching profession as educators use them to help write quizzes and worksheets, design lessons, assist with grading and reduce paperwork.

The Medina Valley Independent School District Board of Trustees approved pay increases for all employees during a Monday night meeting, according to a news release.

A West Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations for her young child.

San Antonio native Jose Antonio Morales, a Roosevelt High School graduate, beat out other candidates for the coveted position as the Jimmy Awards Student Reporter.

Northside ISD students who are visually impaired have created a mentorship program that has enhanced their educational experience.

Texas State University was named one of the top 25 drama schools in the world, according to a Hollywood Reporter article published on Monday.

A federal judge has blocked another effort by the Trump administration to keep international students from attending Harvard University, granting a second preliminary injunction in the case.

Those taking effect immediately range from enhancing the state’s water infrastructure to addressing education issues, including grades in K-12 and higher education.

Northside Independent School District has opened enrollment to all families in the greater San Antonio area.

President Donald Trump has moved on several fronts to block Harvard University’s enrollment of international students as his administration presses its demands for a series of policy and governance changes at the Ivy League school.

The University of Wisconsin and its NIL collective have sued the University of Miami, saying it knowingly induced one of the Badgers’ football players to abandon a lucrative name, image and likeness contract to play for the Florida school this fall.

School districts across San Antonio and Texas are deliberating on whether to adopt newly state-approved educational materials that have become controversial due to their “Bible-infused” label. What exactly is Bluebonnet Learning? KSAT took a deep dive into the curriculum for “The Conversation on KSAT Plus.”

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released from federal immigration detention.

All Harlandale Independent School District employees will receive pay raises in the upcoming school year, according to a news release from the district.

When classrooms clear out for the summer, cafeterias stay open to nourish families year-round.

Several University Health and Bexar County leaders this week penned names and well-wishes onto a beam at a forthcoming South Side hospital.

Attorneys argued over whether a Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought “biological materials” into the U.S. Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist conducting cancer research for Harvard Medical School, appeared in Massachusetts federal court Wednesday for a probable cause hearing, where government and defense attorneys argued over whether she brought “biological materials” into the U.S. She was returning from a vacation from France in February when she was...

The U.S. State Department says it’s restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but says all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media accounts for review.

President Donald Trump’s administration has asked a federal judge to strike down a Kentucky regulation that it says unlawfully provides undocumented students with access to reduced in-state college tuition.

The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.

More than $700,000 in scholarships and grants were awarded to 50 Bexar County students by the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo on Tuesday night.

On the 105th day of what was supposed to be a 60-day legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed a bill to allow charter schools to “co-locate” inside traditional public schools.

Results released by the Texas Education Agency on Tuesday show State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) scores have seen improvements this year, even as San Antonio-area districts struggled with math.

A plea deal appears to be in the works for a Chinese scientist who is charged with conspiring to raise a toxic fungus at a University of Michigan lab.

UTSA is one of the few research facilities to have Mach 7 testing.

A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.

President Donald Trump’s order to block incoming foreign students from attending Harvard University will remain on hold temporarily.

The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.

The attorney who negotiated the $2.8 billion legal settlement for the NCAA says thousands of former athletes due to receive damages could have to wait months or maybe more than a year to get paid while appeals play out.

Two Chinese scientists accused of smuggling or shipping biological material into the United States without permits will remain in custody in Michigan.

A federal judge says the Trump administration can continue to detain Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil on allegations that he lied on his green card application.

A shaky economy.

A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy has won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.

A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States has been released on bail.

Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships on Wednesday resigned in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients, according to a statement they issued.

Austria has fallen silent for a minute and people are laying candles in the city of Graz in memory of the 10 people killed in a school shooting that shocked the country.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a proposal that would have banned teaching antisemitism at the state’s public schools.

The Texas Education Agency released scores showing how Texas high schoolers performed on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course exams.

A 21-year-old former student opened fire inside his school in Austria’s second-biggest city Tuesday morning and killed 10 people.

Financial aid fraud is exploding, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence.

A House Republican proposal backed by President Donald Trump would set up tax-deferred investment accounts with $1,000 for infants born across the U.S. It builds on the concept of baby bonds, which some cities have begun introducing as a way to reduce gaps between wealthy people and poor people.

If President Donald Trump's budget proposal wins final congressional approval, funding will be slashed for tribal colleges and universities.

Texas-based Youtuber Mogswamp says his most recent video, recreating the iconic Tower Life building in Minecraft, took more than 500 hours of gameplay and around a year of planning.

Six decades after the federal government ordered Concordia Parish to desegregate its schools, the district remains racially divided.

A student at Saint Mary’s Hall helped lead a team that raised more than $117,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.

A San Antonio high school graduate is charting an ambitious course that combines academic achievement with military service, exemplifying a new generation of multifaceted student leaders.

San Antonio native Anna Castillo is graduating on Friday from Texas Online Preparatory School and will be gathering with her online peers on the University of Dallas’s campus.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University.

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees accepted the current board president’s resignation on Wednesday.

A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release.

The quick end to a Texas law that granted in-state public university tuition prices to students who lack legal resident status stunned immigrant advocates and state Democrats, who call it a cruel punishment for hardworking students that will ultimately hurt the state’s economy.

New York education officials have refused to rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing federal funding.

Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to attend the Ivy League school, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands.

Three decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body.

Logan Bachman picked up his first instrument in sixth grade, the French horn, and he knew then that music was his calling.

President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body.

Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report, joined KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Wednesday to discuss what was done in the Texas legislative session.

A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that has for decades given college students without legal residency in the U.S. access to reduced in-state tuition, swiftly ruling in favor of the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on immigration into the country.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed into law a measure banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports.

Students from around the world say being an international student in American today comes with feelings of fear, anxiety and insecurity that have made them more cautious in their daily lives.

State and San Antonio-area lawmakers have strengthened laws and ordinances to keep vaping products out of teenagers' and children's hands.